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What ardently we wish, we soon believe.

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Believe
Ardently
Soon
Belief
Wish
Desire

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Unlearned men of books assume the care, As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair.
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Accept a miracle, instead of wit See two dull lines, with Stanhope's pencil writ.
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An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave legions of angels can't confine me there.
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Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, that my heart has bled.
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Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves. Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still.
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The spider's most attenuated thread Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie On earthly bliss it breaks at every breeze.
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Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform and mortal men lay hold on heaven.
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Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . Less base the fear of death than fear of life. O Britain! infamous for suicide.
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